Ed Culham

Although I was too young to remember it, my grandmother was a permit holder and had a few winners over jumps at courses like Perth, Carlisle and Musselburgh. Her passion for racing must have been passed on.

For me there is nothing that beats watching racehorses in full flow, gliding over the turf, or conversely slogging through heavy going in an attritional 3 mile chase. Much of my time spent watching racing has been from my home courses of Carlisle, Ayr and Hamilton, as well as some of the larger courses around the UK.

I believe that there is virtually no knowledge that can’t be gained from watching a horse run, and racing fans are now fortunate with such comprehensive race replay services enabling us to be ‘everywhere at once.’

How did the horse move on the ground? How did they respond to pressure? Did they receive a heavy ride? Were they perhaps being kept for another day? The answer to all these questions comes from careful race analysis.

There is so much racing, and so many potential betting opportunities that I feel in order to be successful you have to find your niche and stick to it. I limit myself to high quality, festival and weekend racing (Saturdays and some Sundays). In doing so I have a far more manageable ‘pool’ of horses to assess, and one that I can get to know increasingly well as the season progresses.
I particularly like following form lines, improving horses, class droppers and finding runners that are re-adjusting to or just arriving at their best trips. All these are methods I use to latch on to winners.

My approach is a careful one, with a limited number of bets a festival or weekend. I like staking each-way, often half a point especially if the selection is available at odds of 10/1 or greater. I am confident in my approach, that I can find winners, and more importantly winners at good value to turn a strong profit in the long term.

Should you choose to subscribe, I will provide comprehensive reasoning behind each of my selections and leave no stone unturned in pursuit of winners.

Thanks. Be lucky!

Ed Culham first come to our attention as a blog contributor. His writing style and sheer quality of his blogs were what impressed us most. His knowledge of the sport is excellent and given the winners he was giving on the blogs, we wanted him to start a trial as a tipster. His trial was exceptional just as we thought it would be and we are happy to take Ed Culham on as our Saturday and Festival tipster. Confidence is high that Ed will be a massive success and we believe members will be in for treat when it comes to top quality racing.